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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
A gaseous, liquid or solid fuel that contains energy derived from a biological source. For example, rapeseed oil or fish liver oil can be used in place of diesel fuel in modified engines. A commercial application is the use of modified rapeseed oil, which - as rapeseed methyl ester (RME) - can be used in modified diesel engines, and is sometimes named bio-diesel.
Industry:Biotechnology
A gene found in bacterial and plant cells, and involved in partition of plasmids in cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
A gene from one genome that has been incorporated into the genome of another organism. Often refers to a gene that has been introduced into a multicellular organism.
Industry:Biotechnology
A gene in the viral genome that contributes to malignancies in vertebrate hosts.
Industry:Biotechnology
A gene known to be located in the same region as a DNA marker that has been shown to be linked to a single-locus trait or to a quantitative trait locus (QTL) (q.v.) and whose function suggests that it could be the source of genetic variation in the trait in question.
Industry:Biotechnology
A gene or DNA sequence which occurs only once per (haploid) genome. Most structural genes, those encoding functional proteins, are single-copy genes.
Industry:Biotechnology
A gene or gene-product is said to be inducible if its transcription or synthesis is increased by exposure of the cells to an effector. Effectors are usually small molecules whose effects are specific to particular operons or groups of genes.
Industry:Biotechnology
